Multangular Tower
Ten-sided Roman corner tower with a red tile band, medieval upper stonework and Roman stone coffins.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Multangular Tower in York, the western corner of the Roman fortress of Eboracum, starts with a few lightly scratched words on its lower stones. It follows the soldiers of the Sixth Legion who built the wall in measured stretches, and the antiquaries who came looking for their marks in the nineteenth century. Best heard standing beside the red band of Roman tile on the garden side.
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